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In a previous interview with Ken Burns, the director told me, “If I was given 1,000 years, I would not run out of topics of American history.” It turns out, he barely needed 70 years to pivot to an overseas subject. In “Leonardo da Vinci,” the documentarian and his co-directorsContinue Reading

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has strongly criticized German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, describing it as “Pandora’s box” that could lead to further unwanted diplomatic contacts. Germany has been the second-largest contributor of military aid to Ukraine after the United States amid the ongoing Russo-UkrainianContinue Reading

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The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced on 15 November the arrest of a Special Operations Forces lieutenant colonel suspected of spying for Russian military intelligence (GRU). Amid the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war, Russia’s espionage and sabotage activities are on the rise in Ukraine, with the SBU regularly reporting arrests ofContinue Reading